Essays on Cultural Diversity

I look around and see unfamiliar people. These people are my classmates for the next two years. They are all very different and very similar. In terms of differences they came from different countries, have different accent, they are younger or older, with or without...

Culture is the summation of several different aspects, most often accounted for by geographic locations. Some of these aspects include traditions, norms, and religion. However, it can certainly be even more refined than that. To me, an adequate definition of my culture would include several...

With an immensely assorted population that exists in the United States today, our nation is a mixture of all the diverse societies around the globe. Everyone is unique in their own way. Culture can refer to such a significant number of various things like the...

Culture described how things are and acts as a lens through which the world is viewed. Culture is a system of shared beliefs, values , customs and behaviours. School culture is based on people in it. Each school has a different phenomenon or mentality of...

Introduction Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are nuisance at best and often a disaster. These cultural barriers affect the ability of doing international business. Many of the challenges can be seen throughout the Gung Ho. The movie...

Many aspects of Brazil’s society make it different from the United States. The weather, ethnic and racial populations and landscape are just a few of the surface differences. But when discussing work place cultural attitudes, one of the primary differences can be found in the...

The term “Gung Ho” is an Americanized Chinese expression for “Work” and “Together”. Gung Ho is a 1986 comedy film which was directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton. The movie is a very good reflection of the real time issues or challenges that...

In all cultures, people have different values, beliefs and traditions that make their cultures unique. Cultures do not vary only from country to country, but they also vary from family to family. In the United States there are many different ethnicities, races and genders which...

The American and Chinese cultures have major differences. Most of these differences are highlighted or presented in the movie. While analyzing the movie, it was important to identify some of the differences as the basis to understand the underlying message that Amy Tan wanted to...

Diversity may seem as only a ‘modern buzzword’ full of nonsense and hierarchy to some, it certainly is not an original concept; theoretically, it predates civilization’s creation. In practice, the evolution of diversity – and, more specifically, the support around and emphasis placed on it...

Looking for Alibrandi is the story of Josie’s experiences at school and her relationships with friends and family during her last year at St. Matha’s girl’s school. She goes through many struggles especially with her changing identity as a second-generation Italian immigrant in a predominantly...

Billie Holiday is considered as one of the best African American female jazz vocalists of all time one. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the name Eleanora Fagan. She started singing at a very young age, but her career didn’t start until she started...

People are shaped by their culture to a great extent because the culture has influenced us to think and conduct in a specific way and we’ve learned to believe our own culture since the day we were born. It’s universally acknowledged that humans cannot avoid...

Why is it important to study other cultures? It is important to study other cultures because if you don’t learn about other cultures you could get the totally wrong idea about anything, or you could just be self-centered about your culture and start something bad....

Culture defines us, it is a way of life. It determines how one thinks, how one feels, and how one behaves. It can change one’s perspectives on sensitive topics or what one thinks about another. Culture changes the way one views others and the world...

I am twenty-two years old, born in Brazil on the city of Sao Paulo the biggest metropole in the county. Since the day that I was born, many of the activities have happened around my own life and in the lives of people around me...

One Slovenian and two Italians make up our group, with some Americans, French and Spanish classmates surrounding us. We all have different traditions and sense of our culture, yet we tend to share some others. With our Slovenian friend attending a special school every Sunday...

Every person is unique, some of us have been mistreated or have been oppressed because we are a member of a particular group. If we decide to ignore these present day or historical differences, we may fail to understand the needs of those individuals. People...

On the other hand, with the context of current modern society, mass media have had a great influence on supporting counter-hegemony of gender. As a basis of the discussion, “counter-hegemony” can be simply defined as “critiquing and attempting” to remove the barriers of the “hegemonic”...

Before answering the question of why diversity is important, one must understand what it is. According to Belfield, “Multiculturalism is a system of beliefs and behavior that recognizes and respects the presence of all diverse groups in an organization or society, acknowledges and values their...

For many of us, there is a natural and strong tendency to make assumptions about people different than ourselves. In what ways will your future assumptions be affected by what you have learned from reading this material on Workforce Diversity Management issues thus far? I...

A World Away in Cyprus My name is Human and I am choosing to write about the five years spent adapting to, and understanding the culture I encountered when living in the village of Ypsonas, Cyprus. After growing up in Long Island for most of...

Waiting To Exhale When we are confronted with a radically different reality, it could be an oppressing experience. Steve Biko uses the phrase “culture contact” when referring to the exposure of one culture to another. Many people would think that culture shock only happens on...

Throughout the years, the world has become more globalized in a way that people allaround are communicating with one another. This action, also known as interracial dialogue,has been prospering and flourishing for many years. The promotion of interracial dialogue in-cludes not only the advocation of...

Abstract What are the cultural differences and similarities in dating and marriage culture between Brazil and the United States and how does this affect relationships? This paper explores the cultural factors that affect love and marriage in these two counties. An external search for information...

With the development of globalization, personal mobility has prompted an expansion of international marriage as a social phenomenon. This includes a great source of conflicts, whether or not a marital relationship between partners of different nationalities becomes highly advantageous. As Jones (2012) noted, the numerical...

The purpose of this essay is to explore a Canadian Immigrant’s personal experience with multiculturalism in Canada. This was conducted through a one-hour interview in which I sat down with a Canadian immigrant and posed a number of questions that gave me insight into their...

What is Culture? Culture is the customs, social instructions, art, and achievements. Culture is forever changing, shaped and modified by the changing of the times, the advancement technology, the terrain, and many other factors. As a nation develops and changes so too does its culture....

What is culture? Culture is a big concept, and it is not just an identification of a country, it is something that represents at all of us. There are many meanings about culture. Some people thing that is just “have education” or “be part of...

Culture is a way of living which is unique to each and every specific groups in society. The way of communication, language, foods, beliefs, costumes, traditions and customs are diverse from each group. A society has different cultures which brings its a life with various...